Several short pieces for your ears, with the intension to convey the dark and horrific atmosphere and emotions sympathised with the Vietnam war. Each piece symbolises a significant theme of the war. The only musical objective of the pieces were for them to be compatible with games and films. Part of the idea was to not give myself any boundaries whilst producing the pieces and explore different styles in the hope to set myself apart from others material with similar context and to hopefully broaden my skills and understanding of making ambient music.

My Musical and Contextual inspirations come projects such as: “The Vietnam War - Ken Burns”, Call Of Duty Black Ops, We Were Soldiers, Full Metal Jacket, Casualties Of War, Good Morning Vietnam, Hamburger Hill and Platoon. Most of my research has been focused on the context of the war, the stories and tributes and not so much the music as not be influenced too much. 

I found through exploring and experimenting with different instruments that I much preferred the use of strings and drums mainly over any other instruments because of the power, tense and emotional dynamic they presented. 

The reason for choosing the Vietnam War as a musical theme was for many reasons. Firstly, I thought it was a great opportunity to create new content for as I’ve always felt as though there are missed opportunities in films and games showcasing the vietnam war where there could have been better music to convey the atmosphere and emotion of the war, soldiers and people. After watching many of the documentaries surrounding the war and understanding more of the context behind it, I felt almost obliged as a creative to capture everything I understood about it through music as a commemoration of art to those who lived through it and its historical significance.

VIETNAM

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4. Hero's Pain

3. My Enemy?

2. Ho Chi Minh Trail

1. Viet Cong

Fading Out (Demo)

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Lyrics:

I feel cold when I’m not holding you,
I can’t feel unless you feel it too,
I get so in my emotions don’t know what to do,
I’m gon break the roof,
I’m gon smash through the ceiling, I’m gon break the roof,

Just let me toke the zoot,
It keeps me in the room,
It helps me make it thru,
It helps me make it thru,
It helps me make it thru,

In the kitchen, I’m mixing up that molly water,
Pink liquid got me rolling on the fucking floor,
Living fast, the way I’m inhaling these chemicals,
If I’m being real I don’t feel anymore,
Anything at all,
So I roll up that dope, and I smoke it all,
As if I'll ever feel the same as I did before,
As I did before, yeah,

I feel cold when I’m not holding you,
I can’t feel unless you feel it too,
I get so in my emotions don’t know what to do,
I’m gon break the roof,
I’m gon smash through the ceiling, I’m gon break the roof,

Just let me toke the zoot,
It keeps me in the room,
It helps me make it thru,
It helps me make it thru,
It helps me make it thru.

MAKEITTHRU

AMNESIA

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With some exciting shows ahead in Bath, Bristol and Cardiff coming up, we thought it'd be time to share a mix from one of our newest residents: Pietra!
He's been keeping the Moles basement grooving in Bath and is set to make his Motion debut on Friday night!
We've got even bigger plans for summer but in the mean time enjoy Pietra's Mix!!

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Dazed Disco Bath 2nd March:
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